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Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as Star Wars, the first three Alien films, Alien Nation, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first Star Trek movie. His novel Shadowkeep was the first ever book adapation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work... Read full bio

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Aug 31, 2010
Star Trek: Movie Tie-in Novelization (2009) will be released on August 31, 2010 in
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Star Trek Movie Tie-In is now available in Mass Market Paperback, Compact Disk, eBook
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NewsGuide.us, January 30, 2012
...On Spec Magazine, Necrotic Tissue, The Red Penny Papers and the upcoming Kindle All-Stars with Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster. He also works for the charity Blue Redefined, which aims to create social and entertainment opportunities for individuals...
Yahoo! News, January 30, 2012
...On Spec Magazine, Necrotic Tissue, The Red Penny Papers and the upcoming Kindle All-Stars with Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster. He also works for the charity Blue Redefined, which aims to create social and entertainment opportunities for individuals...
Boston Globe, January 30, 2012
...On Spec Magazine, Necrotic Tissue, The Red Penny Papers and the upcoming Kindle All-Stars with Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster. He also works for the charity Blue Redefined, which aims to create social and entertainment opportunities for individuals...
Digital Fix, January 8, 2012
...# Posted: 19-08-2011 at 13:35:07 Registered User Forum Posts: 2 Can someone elighten me on what Alan Dean Foster has to do with Dark Star and why his name is on the cover art? This was a John Carpenter / Dan O’Bannon effort wasn't it?...
Worth Playing, December 14, 2011
...beloved "Ringworld" novels, but there's also a healthy dose of Jack Haldeman in there, as well as Alan Dean Foster — his own creations, not the books he adapted from screenplays for movie tie-in novels. Although fanatical gamers live by the creed...
Media Bistro, November 28, 2011
...s about 10 hours left on the clock. I’d been planning to get the Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster, and today I got lucky. They’re all $2 each, including the ones that are marked down from $16 and $17. That’s one heck of a discount...
Kirkus Reviews, November 16, 2011
...of the original film will want to check out 1978's Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster (the first original Star Wars novel). Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire—a special 20th-anniversary edition which was just published—is the first...
American Consumer News, October 8, 2011
...community on this project,” said Tapping. A theatrical feature version is currently in the works with noted author Alan Dean Foster, whose mission is to make sure the science stays in the fiction. The Zenoids project was in the womb when Shatner first...
Sci-Fi Fan Letter, October 1, 2011
...This list is compiled using the Chapters/Indigo website and therefore indicate Canadian release dates for books.  If I've missed a title, mention it in the comments and I'll add it to the list.Hardcover:Dr. Who: The Silent Stars Go By – Dan...
SF Signal, September 21, 2011
...Robyn Lupo) interviews D. Thomas Minton . The Functional Nerds interviews Lev Grossman (podcast). Fantasy Author's Handbook interviews Alan Dean Foster . Innsmouth Free Press interviews E. Catherine Tobler . Suvudu Q&A with Terry Brooks (video). Jim...
io9, September 15, 2011
...relationship between Luke and Leia could not be explored within the Marvel series, as these were subjects of Alan Dean Foster's masterful novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, which was released in 1978 and planned prior as a low-budget sequel should the...
Geeks of Doom, August 1, 2011
...29 BBY Rogue Planet Greg Bear 27 BBY Outbound Flight Timothy Zahn 22.5 BBY The Approaching Storm Alan Dean Foster 22 BBY Episode II: Attack of the Clones R.A. Salvatore 22 BBY Republic Commando: Hard Contact Karen Traviss 21 BBY Republic Commando: Triple...
io9, July 26, 2011
...Camp, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, Gordon R. Dickson, Christopher Evans, Philip Jose Farmer, John Russell Fearn, Alan Dean Foster, Mary Gentle, Mark S. Geston, Joseph L. Green, Colin Greenland, Nicola Griffith, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Frank...
My Favourite Books, July 20, 2011
...Camp Samuel R. Delany Philip K. Dick Gordon R. Dickson Christopher Evans Philip Jose Farmer John Russell Fearn Alan Dean Foster Mary Gentle Mark S. Geston Joseph L. Green Colin Greenland Nicola Griffith Joe Haldeman Harry Harrison Frank Herbert Philip E....